{"id":2408210,"date":"2026-05-08T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2408210"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:32:11","slug":"this-brilliant-king-charles-tribute-to-david-attenborough-will-make-your-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/this-brilliant-king-charles-tribute-to-david-attenborough-will-make-your-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"This brilliant King Charles tribute to David Attenborough will make your weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-9601cdda-c94d-4aec-a3ed-dad00ef1bbef\">Tonight the BBC celebrates iconic British conservationist David Attenborough&#8217;s 100th birthday. The first 20 mins were, as you might expect, a look back at David&#8217;s incredible life, with some live music thrown in, when all of a sudden a surprise guest appeared on screen.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences were then transported to Balmoral Castle, where <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/king-charles\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/king-charles\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/king-charles\/\">King Charles<\/a> was sat penning his own tribute to David. Reading the contents, the King said: &#8216;It is amazing to think that you and I have known one another for more than 60 years; indeed, I believe we first met in 1958, almost a decade before the age of colour television, and of course our paths have crossed many times since.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-9601cdda-c94d-4aec-a3ed-dad00ef1bbef-2\">&#8216;Over those decades you have revealed the beauty and wonders of nature to audiences around the world in new and marvellous ways. 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Charles R.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">If that wasn&#8217;t magic enough, the King&#8217;s tribute got even better when the car delivering his handwritten note was stopped in its tracks by a fallen tree, and it then became the responsibility of various animals residents of the UK will know and love to get the message safely into David&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-e33dc901-e527-4f29-8218-7a0a936a957f\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1920-80.png.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1600-80.png.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1280-80.png.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1024-80.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-768-80.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-415-80.png.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-360-80.png.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-320-80.png.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn.png\" alt=\"Border collie Flynn carrying letter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1920-80.png 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1600-80.png 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1280-80.png 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-1024-80.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-768-80.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-415-80.png 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-360-80.png 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn-320-80.png 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ySV4W5nfPvxhvkHFLMtQxn.png\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)]\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: BBC Studios Natural History Unit\/Buckingham Palace)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-43a1a051-bc0a-41cc-a4f1-76d6be269af4\">To start, a border collie named Flynn leaps from the car with the envelope in his mouth, before passing it on to a bird overhead, and then a plethora of other animals found everywhere from the Scottish Highlands to passing the Angel of the North and towns and waterways across the UK. The final journey to David&#8217;s London home is made by a barn owl called Lily, who in a very Potter-esque way, delivers it safely through the letterbox.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson at Buckingham Palace said: &#8216;His majesty was delighted to feature in this special tribute to a man who has shared his lifetime commitment to the natural world, and has followed each stage of the filming process with great interest. He was only sorry not to meet Lily the magical barn owl in person.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-zVmRqECWY76VsFY2BHxdJK\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-zVmRqECWY76VsFY2BHxdJK slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The four-minute film is hugely emotive, which was clear among the live audience during the BBC&#8217;s <em>David Attenborough\u2019s 100 Years on Planet Earth<\/em> broadcast this evening (8 May). A very fitting tribute to an extraordinary broadcaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.womanandhome.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight the BBC celebrates iconic British conservationist David Attenborough&#8217;s 100th birthday. The first 20 mins were, as you might expect, a look back at David&#8217;s incredible life, with some live music thrown in, when all of a sudden a surprise guest appeared on screen. 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